Download or read book Andros Odyssey Liberation written by Stavros Boinodiris PHD and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daughter of a rich Greek family in Constantinople escapes from her dysfunctional family by getting romantically involved with a handsome visiting peasant. This union produced a little boy, Anthony Boyun-egri-oglou. Anthony grew up during troubling times. He saw very little of his father, who left for Constantinople and then Russia, to escape from being drafted in the Turkish army. He grew up in the shadows of the Ottoman Empire as it was going through major revolutions and wars. The First World War (1914-1918) followed, causing shortages and anguish on Cappadocian Greeks and Turks alike. After this war, the disastrous Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) began. In the ensuing truce, Greece and Turkey agreed to an exchange of populations. The uprooting (1924) of the Boyun-egri-oglou family involved an arduous trip, involving cart, rail and ship transports. These people left almost twelve hundred years of history behind, to seek freedom and self determination in a troubled state, overburdened with refugees. The struggle of the refugees is recounted by Anthony very graphically. In 1940, after several recoveries and disasters, Greece enters into war with Italy, turning Anthonys hopes for recovery into an impossible dream.
Download or read book Andros Odyssey the Return written by Stavros Boinodirs PhD and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Andros Odyssey refugees in Eastern Macedonia managed to survive a series of catastrophes, a much bigger threat appears. Greece enters into World War II. Anthony leaves his wife and joins other poorly equipped Greeks at the front. Greece had to fight four enemies at once: Albania, Italy, Bulgaria and Germany. After the Greek capitulation, Eastern Macedonia was occupied by Bulgarians, who wanted to make sure that no Greek claim on that land persisted after the war. This brought about genocidal massacres of all Greek population in the area. The Bulgarian ambitions were also paralleled by Hitlers Final Solution, regarding the Jewish presence in Greece. As the couple and the people around them struggle to survive this murderous environment, they face starvation, greed, language problems, misinformation, illness, treason, and a variety of other factors. Worse yet, following the capitulation of Germany, Greece is plagued by a new catastrophe, a civil war between communist and nationalist factions that lead to the Cold War. As a result, the Greeks sacrifice proportionally the highest part (almost 10%) of their population during this period of War II. It was the earlier part of this noted sacrifice that gave crucial time to the Russians to muster their strength for a decisive WWII victory against the Germans. The end of the civil war finds Anthony and Elisabeth with two sons, barely able to feed themselves. The oldest son, after reaching adulthood leaves for Germany in search of work. The younger one, after finishing high school, and not being able to afford advanced schooling in Greece leaves for the United States, to help his great uncle, Pandel Mayo in exchange for college tuition. He happens to be the author of this book.
Download or read book A History of Greece Mediaeval Greece and the empire of Trebizond A D 1204 1461 written by George Finlay and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Greece from Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time written by George Finlay and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assassin s Creed Odyssey written by Gordon Doherty and published by Michael Joseph. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for Odyssey- journey deeper in the world of Assassin's Creed in the official novel of the highly anticipated new game, coming October 2018. Greece, 5th century BCE. Kassandra is a mercenary of Spartan blood, sentenced to death by her family, cast out into exile. Now she will embark on an epic journey to become a legendary hero - and uncover the truth about her mysterious lineage. The Assassin's Creed novels have sold more than 1 million copies around the world, gaining almost 30,000 4 and 5 star reviews. See what readers are already saying about the series that lets you dive deeper into the world behind the highly acclaimed video game series- 'A brilliant read' ***** 'I love this book' ***** 'Original and unique' ***** 'A brilliant accompaniment to the games' *****
Download or read book Assassin s Creed Underworld written by Oliver Bowden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Victorian era London, a disgraced Assassin goes deep undercover in a quest for redemption in this novel based on the Assassin's Creed™ video game series. 1862: With London in the grip of the Industrial Revolution, the world’s first underground railway is under construction. When a body is discovered at the dig, it sparks the beginning of the latest deadly chapter in the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and Templars. Deep undercover is an Assassin with dark secrets and a mission to defeat the Templar stranglehold on the nation’s capital. Soon the Brotherhood will know him as Henry Green, mentor to Jacob and Evie Frye. For now, he is simply The Ghost... An Original Novel Based on the Multiplatinum Video Game from Ubisoft
Download or read book Homeric Whispers written by Roberto Salinas Price and published by Scylax Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The location of the ancient city of Troy is placed along Croatia's Dalmatian Coast by the author who suggests that geographical realities found there correspond to geographical statements found in the Iliad and Odyssey. In addition, it is suggested that evidence points to these works having been originally created in a Slavic dialect and later translated into "Homeric" Greek.
Download or read book The Lost Symbol written by Dan Brown and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER • An intelligent, lightning-paced thriller set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., with surprises at every turn. • Don’t miss the Peacock original series Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol! “Impossible to put down.... Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story.” —The New York Times Famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon answers an unexpected summons to appear at the U.S. Capitol Building. His plans are interrupted when a disturbing object—artfully encoded with five symbols—is discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find an ancient invitation into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom. When his mentor Peter Solomon—a long-standing Mason and beloved philanthropist—is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and one inconceivable truth ... all under the watchful eye of Dan Brown's most terrifying villain to date.
Download or read book A Dutch English Odyssey written by Floyd I. Brewer and published by Delmar, N.Y. : F.I. Brewer. This book was released on 1997 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elwood T. Brewer (1890-1976) moved from New Brunswick to Maine in 1904. He married Mary Celia Estey (1893-1945) in 1913. They lived in Bridgewater, Maine. Covers their ancestors and descendants. The Brewer/Brouwer line begins with Adam Brouwer (1620-1693) of Holland and New York. The Estey line begins with Jeffrey Estey (1586-1657) who immigrated to Salem, Massachusetts from Suffolk County, England in about 1636.
Download or read book A History of Greece from Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time B C 146 to A D 1864 Mediaeval Greece and the empire of Trebizond A D 1204 1461 written by George Finlay and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mediaeval Greece and the empire of Trebizond A D 1204 1461 written by George Finlay and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of Books in the Children s Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh written by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bahamas in American History written by Keith Tinker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS BOOK EXPLORES the many complex historical connections between the UNited States of America and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Beginning with an overview of shared early Spanish colonization, the book is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive study of the impact of the sequential development of the United States on events in the emerging Bahamas, placing the heretofore marginalized history of the island nation firmly into the orbit of Atlantic historiographical literature. Among other things, the books sheds light on the role played by the islands in a series of significant events in the U.S. history. These include the American Revolution, in which four of the initial official military actions of the fledgling U.S. Navy comprised repeated invasions of British-controlled Nassau, capital of the Bahamas; the American Civil War during which Nassau became on of the main bases for supply of vital goods and ammunition to the Confederacy; the intrigues of the Volstead Act, which legislated prohibition but also caused the temporary transformation of Bahama ISlands into major transshipment centers for the smuggling of alcoholic beverages to a multitude of prohibition-defiant and "thirsty" Americans; and the significant role placed by Bahamian migrants in the creation of the city of Miami and other areas of south Florida. The author draws on a wealth of tapped and untapped primary sources and presents a new perspective on the "Bahamian experience" that helped to define the self-proclaimed American credo of "Manifest Destiny."
Download or read book The Heart of Plotinus written by Algis Uždavinys and published by World Wisdom, Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing parallels with other traditions, the author emphasizes that Plotinus' philosophy was not a purely mental or rational exercise, but a complete way of life incorporating the spiritual virtues. He provides an introduction to his teachings and an informative commentary on the Enneads.
Download or read book A History of Greece written by George Finlay and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Myth and History Close Encounters written by Menelaos Christopoulos and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fluidity of myth and history in antiquity and the ensuing rapidity with which these notions infiltrated and cross-fertilized one another has repeatedly attracted the scholarly interest. The understanding of myth as a phenomenon imbued with social and historical nuances allows for more than one methodological approaches. Within the wider context of interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, the present volume returns to origins, as it traces and registers the association and interaction between myth and history in various literary genres in Greek and Roman antiquity (i.e. an era when the scientific definitions of and distinctions between myth and history had not yet been perceived as such, let alone fully shaped and implemented), providing original ideas, new interpretations and (re)evaluations of key texts and less well-known passages, close readings, and catholic overviews. The twenty-four chapters of this volume expand from Greek epos to lyric poetry, historiography, dramatic poetry and even beyond, to genres of Roman era and late antiquity. It is the editors’ hope that this volume will appeal to students and academic researchers in the areas of classics, social and political history, archaeology, and even social anthropology.
